Chapter 100

“Will you be going?” Jason asked.

Grace nodded. “But you…” She hesitated for a moment. “Do you want to go with me?”

He was quiet for a moment then said, “I have to work overtime the night before. The boss said that I will get triple the rate if I do. How about you give me the address? I will go find you the

next day.”

“All right,” Grace said.

However, she then bit her lips and said hesitantly, “But when you show up with me over there, some of my relatives might give you a hard time. When that happens, don’t mind them.””

Jay gave her a faint smile. “Don’t worry, I won’t pay any

attention to it.”

At this moment, she was the only person he cared about.

The closer it got to Thanksgiving, the fewer people would be seen on the road. Many people had already returned to their

hometowns.

Her mother’s hometown was a small town on the outskirts

of Emerald City. It was not far away, and it would only take

about an hour and a half to get there by bus. Therefore,

relatively speaking, she would have to compete for a bus

ticket home with many other people who were also looking to

get out of the city for the holiday.

While Grace was still booking the tickets, she asked Jason, “Jay,

do you have your ID card? I’ll book a ticket for you.”

matter of fact, she had never seen his ID

booked a

out the scarf that she had been hiding in the past few days and helped Jason

short?” she studied

said. Her scent seemed

feel as though he was being

finish up knitting the ends of it so that you can wear it for the holidays. But it will take

hands as she

lifted to his. Goodness, he was

tracing

“It’s beautiful.”

staring at the scarf, he

the forefront of her mind. Maybe

could be something

a will of its

faintly, his gaze

sucked in a

to her than

been.

she wanted him. More than she could even admit to

herself.

angled his head and leaned

eyes fluttered closed.

her phone started ringing.

just like that, the moment was shattered. If it had even been there in

countertop and grabbed her

“Hello Lina.”

out in her apartment during the holidays, but when she heard that Grace was going to visit her mother’s hometown, she couldn’t

No small talk. No skirting around the subject.

Lina didn’t want her to go back home. Grace

Jay will go over to accompany me,” Grace said.

hometown are…” Lina paused mid-sentence. She knew how heartless those people were when her friend got into trouble back then. They’d not been kind

Grace. No offense. They were all fine to ride off your success

hard times, they abandoned

the point. It was

bit of it.

know how she is now,” Grace said. “She’s the only one of them who’s been good to me, Lina. And she’s been

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